Adnan (name)

Adnan

Gender	Male
Language(s)	Arabic
Origin
Meaning	Settler

Adnan (Arabic: عدنان, ʿAdnān) is an Arabic male name common in the Muslim world. Its eponymous bearer was Adnan, an ancestor of Muhammad. The etymological meaning of the name is settler, from a semitic root `dn; to stay, abide.

Given name

• Adnan Adıvar, Turkish politician
• Adnan Ahmed, British professional footballer
• Adnan Awad, Palestinian captain
• Adnan Badran, Jordanian scientist, academic, politician and prime minister
• Adnan Barakat, Moroccan footballer
• Adnan Bukhari, Saudi Arabian aviator
• Adnan Çolak, Turkish serial killer
• Adnan Coker, Turkish abstract artist
• Adnan al-Dulaimi, Iraqi politician
• Adnan Erkan, Turkish footballer
• Adnan Güngör, Turkish footballer
• Adnan Hamidovic, Bosnian rapper
• Adnan al-Husayni, Palestinian politician
• Adnan Kahveci, Turkish politician
• Adnan Al-Kaissie, professional wrestler
• Adnan Karim, Kurdish singer
• Adnan Khashoggi, billionaire Saudi Arabian businessman
• Adnan al-Janabi, Iraqi politician
• Adnan Maral, Turkish-German actor
• Adnan Menderes, Turkish prime minister 1950–1960
• Adnan Nawaz, British news and sports broadcaster
• Adnan Pachachi, Iraqi politician
• Adnan Polat, Turkish businessman
• Adnan Saidi, the Malayan fought and dead in Singapore
• Adnan Sami, Pakistani singer, musician, pianist, actor and composer
• Adnan Al-Shargi, Lebanese football manager
• Adnan Gulshair el Shukrijumah, Saudi Arabian al-Qaeda member
• Adnan Terzic, former Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Adnan Yıldız, Turkish footballer
• Adnan al-Zurufi, Iraqi politician
• Adnan Akmal, Pakistani Test-Cricketer-Wicketkeeper

Surname

• Ali Adnan, Iraqi archer
• Azman Adnan, Malaysian footballer
• Etel Adnan, Lebanese-American poet, essayist, and visual artist
• Hassan Adnan, Pakistani cricket player